Table 7b shows the time series, from 2011 to 2016, of the full-time equivalent number of teacher entrants and the full-time equivalent number of teachers leaving.

The statistics show that between November 2015 and November 2016, 43,830 full-time equivalent qualified teachers entered our classrooms (this includes newly qualified teachers, qualified teachers returning to the profession after a career break and experienced qualified teachers working in state funded schools for the first time). This represents a teacher entrant rate of 10.1%.

During the same period, 42,830 full-time equivalent qualified teachers left state funded schools (this includes those retiring, those leaving the profession early and those taking a career break and who may come back at a later date). This represents a teacher leavers rate of 9.9%.

Table 7b shows that the qualified teacher entrant rate has been higher than the qualified teacher leavers rate throughout the period 2011 to 2016.